How To Customize Linux Bootloaders ...

[@SriHarshaChilakapati]

Please don't recommend BURG anymore. It is not updated in nearly a decade now and that can lead to security issues.

[@MichaelNROH]

Hold up, you are right. How is that possible? When I was looking for alternatives I initially found a Github repo for BURG which was updated in October 2022. Gotta look into this, thanks

[@Psyyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

What about rEFInd tho? That is good because i don't have to hold down f12 everytime to switch to usb boot or sometimes that grub os prober doesn't find windows i always use rEFInd because that just auto finds everything everytime

[@jolynele2587]

@@Psyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yep, refind is really good. though i haven't signed it for secure boot yet

[@sheldonkupa9120]

Refind is the holy grail of EFI systems. It finds grub and systemd boot entries as well as bootable kernels on root fs, can boot windows and opencore, and just any efi executable. It allows to boot from usb or enter the firmware.

[@awvalenti]

rEFInd is awesome, I used it for more than 2 years. If Grub gets updated, you need to run sudo refind-mkdefault to restore it. However, I'm now using Secure Boot and unfortunately couldn't get rEFInd to work with it.

[@DashieTM]

If you have systemd, and you want something simple and a bit more modern, systemd-boot is quite nice. It only works with EFI though, no legacy support.

[@JeoshuaCollins]

Yeah but it's a terrible choice for a video on customization.

[@mat_max]

​@@JeoshuaCollinswhy?

[@JeoshuaCollins]

@@mat_max Because it's not very configurable. Grub lets you change all kind of things; colors, background, etc. systemd-boot is very much a no-nonsense way to start up a system but it doesn't offer much for ricers.

[@dritterregenschirm2324]

My preferred boot method is an uki (unified kernel image). It's basically the same as booting the kernel itself without a boot loader. I think it's easier to use (e.g. for kernel arguments), it's a lot faster and if a kernel breaks, you can just use a "backup" kernel. ( I for example have two efi entries one with the newest -zen kenerl and one with a kernel (6.1) that doesn't change with updates which is pretty robust)

[@rotaruandrei93]

rEFInd is also a great boot manager and highly customizable. I saw a couple of people using it with the steam deck. 😄

[@matthewjones9638]

Only thing I've used other than Grub is rEFInd which is prettier but I've found it to be buggier whereas I've found grub to just work. I'm a dirty disgusting dual-booter so grub is always super useful. (Part of the bugginess of rEFInd is likely due to it not being default on most distros and my lack of ability when installing it. Perhaps on a DIY Arch install or something it just rocks)

[@arvindhn036]

I suggest rEFInd for pretty bootloader. My personal system uses systemdboot with a 2 second timeout (in case i need to change the kernel) and plymouth (program which provides boot animation) with custom theme. From my experience systemdbootd is better than grub2 in terms of speed and supports FDE. You dont need a pretty bootloader for selecting windows as most installation use secure boot and you can select windows boot manager from Boot menu of your motherboard (F9 in most cases)

[@Karla_Finch-Cluff]

I could hug you for this! You're right, Grub is not aesthetically pleasing to everyone, but I am glad to know that it doesn't look like a nightmare to make it look nicer. I might go with a Coffee theme, and maybe it will ask if I have had my coffee for the day ☕😸☕

[@johnasdoes3215]

I searched hours and hours (many days) for a solution to get a grub theme in fedora 39. In this video i just did what you explained starting at 4:35 (4:58). It was really as simple as that ;-) Many many thanks!!

[@minifix]

I don't know whether to be grateful that you gave helpful info, or annoyed that you compressed the info I needed into a 5 second supercut at 3:14-3:20. But thanks, I guess.

[@danteoviedo5347]

I'm sticking to the ugly grub as it's more secure. Burg is old and you will have security issues. Be warned!

[@no-ys9xv]

@@danteoviedo5347 😂

[@prakhars962]

OMG i remember. Once I removed NTLDR from Windows XP in 2006. It was my father's laptop. The only place I could get it fixed was in a shop. We didn't had fast internet to download the iso and run the repair command. At last I ended up spending my saving to get it fixed.

[@somesalmon5694]

I'm surprised you chose to promote burg over even systemd-bootd or refind

[@NovabitsYT]

1:39 .... really?

[@xXArminhereXx]

uhm i have fedora and even after the grub2.cfg update there were no changes

[@Prophet6000]

This is great I always thought grub was ugly.

[@laptopdragon]

Lilo is (was) the slinkiest and easiest in the old days... (also easiest to fix if it broke, literally one command restore).

[@fabienmargerie6815]

Thanks Michael! 👍😎🌃

[@oglothenerd]

I wouldn't say it is ugly, just... not... very catchy.

[@aalbbin]

love it how authentic u are

[@Deimos94]

Some Microsoft Surfaces with the newest UEFI broke GRUB compatibility. Luckily Fedora-39-Everything ships with the option to use systemd-boot instead of GRUB. So that's what I use as a bootloader now. The default resolution of bootloaders is barely readable on small, high resolution displays, but I don't plan to customize anything as long as it works.

[@sebastianibanez7219]

I can't even install grub-customizer on Nobara, yum and dnf say that the package is not found. Searching for it returns no results...

[@MichaelNROH]

I don't know how Glorious Eggroll has set it up, but it's in the official Fedora repos. You can add them manually if you want

[@robertbutcher222]

I know I can go into the BIOS and put Windows on top in the boot order to boot into it first. I like the options with Grub though to choose what I boot into, when Ubuntu is on top in the boot order in BIOS. Windows is my main OS. Right now, I have Ubuntu installed as a dual boot to learn Linux. Is there a way to still use Grub or Burg but have Windows be the default if I take too long to choose which OS I want to boot into?

[@sergeykish]

It seems you have to change GRUB_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub and apply grub config

[@robertbutcher222]

@@sergeykish Thanks. Later I believe I figured it out by going to the “grub manager” app or something. I forget the app’s name I used.

[@bedsinwar3857]

Pls help i am downloadibg fedora and it get stucks in installing boot loader then prompts an error message

[@laptopdragon]

Why did Lilo stop being default? I remember a few versions that had the selection of lilo or grub on the installation but haven't seen lilo in years...why?

[@MichaelNROH]

Lilo has been slowly taken over by Grub and discontinued it's development. Why this exactly happened is a bit unkown. There were some limitations regarding Raids and GPT, which the developers didn't want to fix, but some distros swapped way before the announcement

[@laptopdragon]

@@MichaelNROH ahh.. I think I might vaguely remember there was a block limitation, which was on dual boot machines and when hard drivers were expanding past 4GB... It was so long ago yet I remember how nice lilo was compared to grub yet grub did the job and in my applications we only rebooted once every 6 months or longer.

[@speedyfox9080]

You actually seem like you would be into ricing!

[@UltimatePerfection]

Now please give info on how to change the boot logo on the OS itself. In SteamDeck OS it's easy, but not so much in most other distros.

[@rohitk8797]

If i remember correctly, MX also offers additional Splash Screens/Logos in their MX tools.

[@UltimatePerfection]

@@rohitk8797 Well, I will be using OpenSuSE.

[@Reichstaubenminister]

Ubuntu is a Zulu word and is pronouned "Ooboontoo", so just pronounce it like you would in German. But that's only if you want to be pedantic about it.

[@AYT04]

Added this to my CS playlist 😅

[@reru_personal]

I noticed this in the comments where the links would be: "*BURG links are currently disabled because I'm re-investigating it's updates.*" Is there an update to this yet? and why are you reivenstigating the updates?

[@methanoid]

I think he forgot 🙂

[@TomSmith-sr2br]

Why does Debian grub look so much nicer than ubuntu or mint. would like my mint grub to lokas nice as debian grub.

[@macblink]

I just want to replace all the ugly code for a nice logo or something like that (but not a black screen) I'm on q4os trinity

[@StarlordStavanger]

I use Fedora, btw!

[@foss_sound]

Nice. Using Linux since the (even more fugly) Ubuntu 10 times - and didn't know there were GRUB-themes. o.O

[@wiz3905]

Pop-OS 22.04 LTS 371frmwupdate Broke my single boot OS, so it won't boot. Any help would be welcomed. Thank you

[@sheldonkupa9120]

If you cant find a solution, there is always the last resort: boot into a Pop OS or any linux live usb and backup your personal files. Then do a fresh install. But by any means try to repair before that.

[@selvakumarm4382]

How to change grub for biglinux 😢

[@thefrancuteleac]

I agree, grub is absolutely hideous.

[@BlackhatXII]

Fun Fact : Your monitor's EDID max resolution overrides any grub configuration. You're Welcome.

[@bananam4x]

THANK YOU

[@LeoNux-um7tg]

Why you look and sound like wolfgang?

[@keatonhatch6213]

If you always select the default value in grub you can hide it altogether. That’s what I did until I started dual booting.

[@Mohamed-e8n5g]

How can i customize grub nobara linux

[@eddiebrito4515]

Using the command line only. Sudo nano etc/default/grub Nobara black listed grub customizer or something like that. But you can still edit it manually, just not with the GUI.

[@martinkuliza]

it's EF........EYE (I) it's not EF EE it stands for EFI - Extensible Firmware Interface so it's E EEEE, F EF , I EYE

[@arkvsi8142]

I use Fedora BTW

[@abaneyone]

Thank you.

[@spencerallen323]

OG grub was fine, Gurb2 is dumb as hell. Update a config file then run a command to update a different config file. Don't just update the target config file because grub will get an update and revert your changes. So stupid.

[@ItsTypically]

I just use Systemd-boot cause I like pain

[@SevenDeMagnus]

Cool, has anyone created an app that install the most powerful bootloader (coz' it's the only one that got to boot on an EFI based Mac, at least with Mint Linux after trying a lot of distros) so it's easier? I want to install Grub on a Windows USB Installer Flashdrive so it can be used on the EFI based Mac and PC. I guess that'd be Burg, I'll make a fork God-willing called Burger and then someone will make a fork of that called Grubber, hehe :-) for a reversal. God bless.

[@hootiebubbabuddhabelly]

I just want to increase the font size in my tty consoles...why can't I just type in something like "font -s ^2"? Crikeys! We're not ALL teens! Sheesh! ROFL!

[@pavelperina7629]

What's wrong with having 100 lines and 480 columns :-) better than 25x80 :-)

[@hootiebubbabuddhabelly]

@@pavelperina7629 ROFL! Yes, it's better than that was but we've come a long way since then. Why does the DEFAULT size have to be so small. It's like all of those distros with the monster LIbreOffice n them or setup to act as a server, but I still have to put on my cheaters and my nose on the screen to read the damn thing...and when you're distro hopping, you have to fix it over and over again...like the screen resolution or all of the settings - - or having to actually block the location, camera and microphone in firefox. We're not all gamers! Or twelve years old! Sheesh! Just having a bit of a whine, I"ll get over it, ROFL!

[@pavelperina7629]

@@hootiebubbabuddhabelly I have huge screen, but I can imagine that having 4k resolution on 27" inch monitor with 8x16 font might be pain in the ... Actually how to change console font, recompile kernel? Run some custom systemd script on startup? I just once noticed some very different font on console. But for me it's not important, I either log in and type startx or I log via ssh (or ssh+xrdp).

[@hootiebubbabuddhabelly]

@@pavelperina7629 I found it - it's just the gpkg-reconfigure console-setup - not all of the fonts available have larger sizes but Terminus does -

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

just use terminal emulator.

[@vlad_8011]

All of such tutorials are completely useless for Nobara.

[@nesramen]

You are going too fast.

[@johna.anderson922]

Just stop!